teacher -> stay at home -> back to teaching?

[Anonymous]

Anyone a teacher who turned stay home mom and then go back into teaching?

What are your thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone a teacher who turned stay home mom and then go back into teaching?

What are your thoughts?

I can't help to think your perspective now has changed dramatically after becoming a parent.

[Anonymous]

It's seems almost standard at our ES

[Anonymous]

Several friends did this. It worked well for them.

[Anonymous]

I did this years ago. Looking back, I wish I'd gone back to school instead of returning to teaching (meaning gone back to school for a different career). But yes, you will find it easy to get a job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone a teacher who turned stay home mom and then go back into teaching?

What are your thoughts?

My thoughts are find something else so you can give energy to your own kids when you get home. Not sure how long you have been away from education but in the last six years it has significantly changed and not for the better.

[Anonymous]

I did this. I took 3 years off after the birth of one of my children and then returned to the same school. I regret that decision.

I had romanticized the job during my absence. I forgot the challenging parts and remembered the good. When I returned, I was reintroduced to the level of exhaustion teachers experience. I had forgotten what it’s like to be “on” all day. I found I didn’t have the energy to be “on” when I got home to my children.

I’m still teaching, but that’s because I’m so far in now that it doesn’t make sense financially to quit. I wish I found something better back then, something that would have allowed me to be more present at home as my own children grew up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did this years ago. Looking back, I wish I'd gone back to school instead of returning to teaching (meaning gone back to school for a different career). But yes, you will find it easy to get a job.

+1

[Anonymous]

I did this, after a stint in a different career field and a longer stint as a SAHM. I started teaching in my early 20s and didn't return to the classroom until I was late 30s, and then worked as a para for several years before teaching again.

It works for me/ my family for three reasons: older kids, a mostly wfh spouse, and enough spousal income to outsource a ton of things. Everyone is different but I wouldn't have gone back if at least two out of the three things I mentioned weren't in place. Some days are really hard and I put in way more than 40 hours most weeks.

I generally like my job but I'm not sure I'll stay in the field until retirement unless there's a big overhaul in educational policies. There was a big shift after NCLB and those of us who were in classrooms before and after have seen it firsthand.

[Anonymous]

I imagine those transitions are pretty common.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I stayed at home for 8 years due to Covid. Got multiple offers when I interviewed again due to the current teacher shortage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I stayed at home for 8 years due to Covid. Got multiple offers when I interviewed again due to the current teacher shortage.

8 years due to Covid? Did you mean 3?

[Anonymous]

I was hired at the first job I interviewed for after five years. I found that education has dramatically changed around behavioral standards, enforcement, and technology use. It’s much harder and more demoralizing.

[Anonymous]

I did this twice. Stayed home with kids thru ES (took a part-time private preschool teaching job), went back full-time for a couple years, then stayed home again through a family member health crisis and went back a few years ago. I do teach a student population that is consistently in need of teachers, so I was never worried about getting a job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I stayed at home for 8 years due to Covid. Got multiple offers when I interviewed again due to the current teacher shortage.

8 years due to Covid? Did you mean 3?

I didn’t clarify very well but I was originally going to go back after 7 years when my youngest started kindergarten but I went back after 8 years instead because of Covid.